Philip Smith (born 1952) is an American classical

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player. He is former Principal Trumpet with the

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and played with the orchestra from 1978 to 2014. Smith, born in the United Kingdom, is from a

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background. He assumed the co-principal position in the New York Philharmonic in June 1978 and the principal position in 1988. He also is a supporter of brass bands, performing with various groups of distinction. In 2013, Smith was announced as the William F. and Pamela P. Prokasy Professor of trumpet at the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

, where he will teach alongside Brandon Craswell. Before Smith, this position had been occupied by Fred Mills, former trumpeter with the

Canadian Brass The Canadian Brass is a Canadian brass quintet formed in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, by Charles Daellenbach (tuba) and Gene Watts (trombone), with horn player Graeme Page and trumpeters Stuart Laughton and Bill Phillips completing the quintet. , ...

, and David Bilger, Principal Trumpet of the

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Education

Smith began cornet lessons at the age of 8 under his father, cornet virtuoso Derek Smith, who was a renowned cornet player in his own right. Smith entered the

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in 1970, where he was introduced to orchestral playing and studied under teachers Edward Treutel and

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. While in his final year at Juilliard, Smith was accepted as Fourth Trumpet of the

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under

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. For three years, Smith performed alongside Principal Trumpet Adolph Herseth.

Premieres

Smith has performed four premieres with the New York Philharmonic: * World premiere of Joseph Turrin's Trumpet Concerto (Philharmonic commission) * US premiere of Jacques Hétu's Trumpet Concerto * World premiere (2000) of Lowell Liebermann's Concerto (Philharmonic commission) * World premiere (2003) of Siegfried Matthus's Double Concerto for Trumpet, Trombone, and Orchestra (Philharmonic commission, performed with

Joseph Alessi Joseph Norman Alessi (born September 20, 1959) is an American classical trombonist with the New York Philharmonic. Life Joseph Norman Alessi was born in Detroit, Michigan and attended high school in San Rafael, California. His father, also nam ...

, Principal Trombone).

Other performances and recordings

* Canadian Brass *

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* Mostly Mozart Orchestra *

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* New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphony * Philharmonie des Vents du Québec * Göteborg Brass * Rigid Containers Group Band *

Black Dyke Band Black Dyke Band, formerly John Foster & Son Black Dyke Mills Band, is one of the oldest and best-known brass bands in the world. It originated as multiple community bands founded by John Foster at his family's textile mill in Queensbury, West ...

* New York Philharmonic Principal Brass Quintet * Salvation Army New York Staff Band * U.S. Army Brass Band * The National Youth Brass Band Of Great Britain

Album releases

He has worked at the

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in New York City, and has many albums attributed to him, such as: * ''Fandango'' (a contest solo produced by the International Trumpet Guild), featuring New York Philharmonic principal trombonist

and the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony (

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) * ''My Song of Songs'' with the New York Staff Band of The Salvation Army (Triumphonic) * ''Principals'' with

Dudley Bright Dudley Bright was appointed Principal Trombone of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2001 and retired from that position in June 2018. Prior to that, he held the same position with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Halle Orchestra and before that brie ...

and the New York Staff Band of The Salvation Army (Triumphonic) * ''Copland's Quiet City'' (Deutsche Grammophone) * ''New York Legends'' (CALA): part of a series involving New York Philharmonic musicians * ''Orchestral Excerpts for Trumpet'' (

): notable for being composed only of popular trumpet excerpts, especially those often called for in orchestral auditions * ''Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Concerto for Trumpet and Five Instruments'' (New World) * ''Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2'' (Koch) * ''Walton's Façade'' (Arabesque) * ''The Trump Shall Resound'' and ''Repeat the Sounding Joy'' (Heritage)

References

External links

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Phil Smith's NY Philharmonic bio page
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